The best World War II naval wargame series ever is coming back into print! (Okay, it’s also the only World War II naval wargame series ever, but it’s still really good). Right now you can get a sweet 20 percent discount on pretty much the entire line: seven boxed games (including six new second editions, with the new Second Edition rules and really fine full-color play-aids), one expansion set and one expansion to the expansion.

If you already own the games and want to upgrade them, for a very limited time Gold Club members can order a special set of new rules, scenario books and play aids (the airbase cards and such in color) for all but Cone of Fire, which is almost out of print and won’t return. And you can take 30 percent (not just 20) off these games.

***************************************Available Now- Tropic of CapricornA complete game of The Second Great War at Sea in South American waters.

Available Now- Cone of FireSouth America in both Great War at Sea and Second World War at Sea format. Very few copies remain.

Available Now- Plan ZThe insane German plan to build a huge surface fleet. Expansion set for Bismarck, Arctic Convoy and Sea of Iron.

Available Now- Ships of Plan ZEven more Plan Z, with full-sized pieces for torpedo boats and more.

Returning in July- Sea of IronWar on the Baltic, 1939-1945.

Returning in July- Horn of AfricaWar on the Red Sea. This is a thing that really happened.

BismarckWe’re not changing the playing pieces or map in Bismarck’s second edition, but we did toss out the scenario book and replace it with a completely new one that now sports 40 scenarios (the old one had 14) and has a new special rules section to mesh with the Second Edition series rules. As with Eastern Fleet, Bismarck’s second edition has full-color airbase and carrier cards.

And also like Eastern Fleet, Bismarck has received a serious enough upgrade to be treated as a new game with a new stock code.

Arctic ConvoyProduced a few years after Bismarck, Arctic Convoy’s first edition came much closer to the standard we want to see, but it still merits revision to bring it into line with the second edition of the series rules. And as with the other second editions, Arctic Convoy now has full-color weather, airbase and carrier cards.

Horn of AfricaA more recent release, Horn of Africa came much closer to the standard we want to see in Second World War at Sea series games. The new edition has revised special rules and full-color play aids, but the scenarios themselves were already very good.

Sea of IronThe most recent Second World War at Sea game, Sea of Iron also was a very satisfying game as published. Changes for the second edition are all aesthetic: they have the new special rules section that meshes with the new series rules, and full-color airbase and carrier cards.

Coral SeaWe haven’t made the new edition of Coral Sea available for sale just yet. The map and pieces will remain the same, but I want to re-work the scenario book to serve as a true introductory game to Second World War at Sea, much as Invasion 1944 does for Panzer Grenadier. It will also have many more scenarios than the first edition, and of course the full-color airbase and carrier cards like the other second-edition games.

Strike SouthStrike South is one of the older games in the series, pre-dating the random-aircraft-allotment mechanic, and so it needs an overhaul almost on the scale of that of Eastern Fleet. That’s why it’s not for sale yet.

Strike South will get additional playing pieces; for one thing, it needs more aircraft pieces for the random mechanic to work, for another, there are some additional ships that need to be in there to allow more scenarios. As published, the first edition of Strike South had 15 scenarios; that needs to go to at least 40 for the second edition. And of course the full-color displays will be added, though we’ll keep the maps and the existing playing pieces in the game.

Leyte GulfThe legendary Leyte Gulf is simply outside our capacity to reprint: too many pieces, and maps of a size we no longer have the capacity to print. I’d like to return to the topic with a large new game and an expansion set, to bring size and cost down to merely “really high” from “stratospheric.”

And that’s what’s coming to Second World War at Sea: a renewal of the entire line, followed by more new games and more new supplements. It’s going to be a fun ride.